ROBERTS v. BENOIT

No. 91-C-0394.

605 So.2d 1032 (1991)

Bobby Ray ROBERTS, Jr. v. Joseph T. BENOIT, the City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, Criminal Sheriff for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, Charles Foti, Individually, and XYZ Insurance Companies.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion September 9, 1991.

As Revised September 10, 1991.

Dissenting Opinion September 9, 1991.

As Revised September 10, 1991.

Dissenting Opinion September 11, 1991.

Rehearing Granted November 1, 1991.

On Rehearing May 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Usry, Lloyd F. Schroeder, II, Usry and Weeks, Metairie, for defendant-applicant.

Jacob J. Amato, Jr., Lisa A. Dunn, Amato & Creely, Gretna, Robert A. Dragon, Jr., Dragon & Kellner, Lafayette, Ronald A.

Welcker, Vincent J. Glorioso, Jr., Glorioso & Welcker, New Orleans, David Wyatt Robertson, Baton Rouge, for respondents.

Robert A. Dragon, Jr., Dragon & Kellner, Lafayette, Ronald A. Welcker, Glorioso & Welcker, Frank J. D'Amico, Vincent J. Glorioso, Jr., New Orleans, David Wyatt Robertson, Baton Rouge, Stephen Guy deLaup, Metairie, Jacob John Amato, Jr., Lisa Anne Dunn, Amato & Creely, Gretna, for plaintiffs-respondents.

T. Allen Usry, Lloyd F. Schroeder, II, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, for defendantsrespondents.

Brett John Prendergast, New Orleans, for New Orleans City Attorney's Office, amicus curiae.

William R. Coenen, Jr., Rayville, for Sheriff Gary K. Bennett, West Carroll Parish, Sheriff Lovell Graham, Richland Parish, Sheriff Eugene Parker, Franklin Parish, Louisiana Dist. Atty's Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Homer E. Barousse, Jr., Edwards, Stefanski, Barousse, Cunningham, Stefanski & Zaunbrecher, Crowley, for Sheriff Kenneth Goss, Acadia Parish, amicus curiae.

Scott Gerard Vincent, Cleveland, Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, New Orleans, for Sheriff Ed Layrisson, Tangipahoa Parish, amicus curiae.

John Robert Burgess, Burgess & Lee, Livingston, for Sheriff Odom Graves, Livingston Parish, amicus curiae.

Edwin L Blewer, Jr., Kelly W. Strickland, James Richard Sterritt, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, for Sheriff Don Hathaway, Caddo Parish, Sheriff Larry Deen, Bossier Parish, Sheriff J.R. Oakes, Claiborne Parish, Sheriff Floyd Lambert, DeSoto Parish, Sheriff Buddy Huckabay, Red River Parish, Sheriff Royce McMahen, Webster Parish, Sheriff Joe Storey, Bienville Parish, amicus curiae.

Stephen Anees Mogabgab, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, Covington, for Sheriff Pat Canulette, St. Tammany Parish, amicus curiae.

Tucker Lee Melancon, Melancon & Rabalais, Marksville, for Sheriff William Belt, Avoyelles Parish, amicus curiae.

Stephen J. Oats, William Martin Hudson, III, Patrick B. McIntire, Oats & Hudson, Lafayette, for Sheriff James R. Savoie, Cameron Parish, Sheriff Wayne Morein, Evangeline Parish, Sheriff Wiley Warren, Winn Parish, amicus curiae.

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Counsel for Hon. Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty Gen., and the State of La., amicus curiae.

Bradley Charles Myers, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Mun. Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Thomas Allen Usry, Lloyd F. Schroeder, II, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, for Louisiana Sheriff's Ass'n, Sheriff Thomas Mabile, Assumption Parish, Sheriff Floyd Hodges, Caldwell Parish, Sheriff Randy Maxwell, Concordia Parish, Sheriff Dale Rinicker, East Carroll Parish, Sheriff Freddie Pitre, Sr., Iberville Parish, Sheriff Van Beasley, Jackson Parish, Sheriff Wayne McGuffee, LaSalle Parish, Sheriff Willie W. Houck, Lincoln Parish, Sheriff Charles Harmon, Madison Parish, Sheriff Frank Carroll, Morehouse Parish, Sheriff Laymon Godwin, Ouachita Parish, Sheriff Tommy Hollingsworth, Rapides Parish, Sheriff Eugene Holland, St. Helena Parish, Sheriff Joseph Nassar, St. James Parish, Sheriff Lloyd B. Johnson, St. John the Baptist Parish, Sheriff Huey Bourgeois, St. Mary Parish, Sheriff Fred E. Scott, Tensas Parish, Sheriff Belvin F. Bergeron, West Baton Rouge Parish, Sheriff William Daniel, West Feliciana Parish, amicus curiae.

Steven Franklin Griffith, Destrehan, for Sheriff Johnny Marino, St. Charles Parish, amicus curiae.

Fred A. Book, Jr., Michael Steven Beverung, Lake Charles, for Sheriff Wayne McElveen, Calcasieu Parish, amicus curiae.

Daniel Rault Martiny, Metairie, for Sheriff Harry Lee, Jefferson Parish, Sheriff Ernest D. Wooton, Plaquemine Parish, amicus curiae.

Clark Raymond Cosse, III, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Ass'n Bus. & Ind. amicus curiae.


Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Calogero September 9, 1991.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Watson September 9, 1991.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Dennis September 11, 1991.

HALL, Justice.

This is a suit for damages sustained by plaintiff, Bobby Ray Roberts, Jr., as a result of the accidental discharge of a gun owned and possessed by Joseph T. Benoit, a commissioned deputy sheriff with the Orleans...

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